Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-11-04
SHE. TOO. COULD SHINE.
now u Frisco Miliioustre's Vile Cieano"
Out q Fashionable Hotel.

SHE, TOO, COOLO oH'NS'
now "a .Fri.co Miiiionstre's Wife Cleaned
Out u Fashionable Hotel.
A few DAYS ago lady from San FRAN
cisco. who had very solid bank ac-
count went to Lake Tahoe on pleasure
trip with her daughter She concluaea
that she would have good ume' ana
accordingly took along some PLAIN. serV-
iceable clothes and no jewelry. "heh
she struck one of the fashionable resorts
she found herself in the midst OF loI
of people making n vulgar display oil
clothes and diamonds, and every time
she turned around she was the subject
of the most unmerciful snubbing. she
was put off in an obscure corner to eat.
and not one of the fashionable guests
condescended to show her the slightest
civility. The lady tit herlips for few
DAYS, took in the sit. alton and with true
feminine instinct decided on revenge.
She dropped a line below. and presently
there we're deposited ut the hotel twelve
Saratoga trunks waybilled to her ad-
dress. She and her daughter retired to
their rooms, and that evening came
down to the dining-room in blaze OF
lace aud diamonds that took everybody's
breath away. No such gorgeous or
tasty toilets had ever bewiidered the
guests mt that hotel before. 1t blinded
the eve to look at the pair as they quietly
entered the room. The steward. after
recovering his poise. rushed forward
and pulled out two chairs from the most
fashionable table in the hotel. She
shook her head and replied: The old
table will do" and went to the obscure
corner, where she had eaten all the
time.
The utmost CONSERVATION spread
through the dining-room. and the low
| hum of voices rose to fashionable
! buzz rs they warmly discussed the stu
alton Wasn't it awful? They had
| been snubbng woman and her
| daughter all the week who could out
| dress them all. In the evening they
attempted to hedge, but couldn't to
any considerable extent. The dudes
tried to shine up to tho girl. but she
wouldn't have it, and those who tried
to scrapc an acquaintance with the
mother found it like trying to run n
tunnel into an iceberg. For awhile she
| flashed like comet through that
hotel into constant change of ravish-
! ing toilets, each more costly and be-
| wiidering than the others. until, like
the kings who petlcstrianized in Mac
beth, they threatened to stretch out
till .hc crack of doom.
At the end of the week it was learned
from tho cbambermaid that she had
only gone through half of Der immense
Saratogas. There were several women
there who had displayed at least :
dozen different toilets, and they fell
that they would just die if she beat theil
record. But she kept right on ant
when she was three ahead of tbeil
score they packed up and left. One by
one she vanquished the leaders and the
rank and flo capitulated, displaying
the rarest generalship imaginable l
Mrs. - appeared in any special colo
to make spread in the morning, sh,
adopted that color at once, only in {
dress that eclipsed the other as the SUI
outshines the dog star.
She was the absolute John Sullivan
of the toilet ring, and knocked out al
who had the temerity to stand before her
The last of her opponents was red
faced, vulgarly dressed woman from
San Francisco, whose flashy toilets ha'
attracted general attention and admir-
alton from persons ignorant of har
mony and color. Whatever dress thi
woman donned in the morning the fash
iouable Nemesis WAS on her trail witt
a color that literally killed the othel
The heretofore cock of the walk wa
unable to stand her defeat, and, pack
ing her trunks. started home.
t The army of snobs was routed, ant
. one by one dropped out of sight The
, just settled up and quit. Then tn
luiet little lady resumed her plat
clothes, put on an oil straw hat with he
daughter and went fishing. AS the las
I gang left, she absolutely had the COO
/ moss to be down at the wharf fishing i
an old calico dress, cotton gloves an
1 straw hat.
D The landlord considered that she lii
orally cleaned his place out, and sh
thinks she had an awful lot of fun
e Carson (Neo.J Appeat.
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